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Should pharmacists be required to dispense so-called "emergency contraceptives" even if it violates their deepest convictions? That's no longer a hypothetical question, as Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich recently issued an executive rule requiring all pharmacies in his state to fill a woman's prescription for the "morning-after pill." The governor's "emergency order" comes with the force of law, and means that pharmacists who refuse to fill these prescriptions can face sanctions and can lose their jobs and professional status. If pharmacists can be denied a right of conscience, what about other citizens? How long will it be before hospitals will be...

PALO ALTO (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fifteen percent of the 18 million people living with depression experience symptoms such as paranoia and hallucinations. This type of depression, called psychotic depression, is hard to treat with standard medication. Now a controversial treatment is changing the lives of people with this illness. Just a few months ago, this scene was unthinkable for Isabel Camarillo. "I didn't want to live at all. I was always thinking of how to kill myself," she tells Ivanhoe. Camarillo started hearing voices as a teenager. "It was like they were controlling my life," she says. They didn't go...